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How misreading Google Trends is fuelling Bondi attack conspiracy theories
Jacques Raubenheimer, University of Sydney In the wake of Sunday’s tragic Bondi shooting, conspiracy theories and deliberate misinformation have spread…
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How the myth of ‘aqua nullius’ still guides Australia’s approach to groundwater
Sarah Bourke, The University of Western Australia; Bradley J. Moggridge, University of Technology Sydney; Clint Hansen, Monash University, and Margaret…
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Christmas is peak kidney stone season. Blame dehydration, the heat and all that food
Anthony Dat, Monash University Christmas in Australia is a great time to spend enjoying the outdoors, with plenty of good…
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Teens discover books on social media. What will the under-16s ban do to their reading?
Bec Kavanagh, The University of Melbourne In a video address to the nation, timed with Australia’s world-first teen social media…
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Why mangoes fall before they’re ripe – and how science is helping them hang on
Sophie Jones, The University of Queensland Ever wondered why your mango tree drops fruit before it’s ripe? Each season, mango…
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Most of NZ’s flowering plants grow nowhere else – and Christmas falls in peak blooming season
Philip Garnock-Jones, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Traditionally, the plants associated with Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere…
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Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?
Adrian Esterman, University of South Australia COVID rarely rates a mention in the news these days, yet it hasn’t gone…
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It’s (not) a new bike! How to manage kids’ gift expectations at Christmas
Elizabeth Westrupp, Deakin University and Christiane Kehoe, The University of Melbourne Holiday celebrations involving gift giving can be roller coasters.…
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Celia Paul and Stephanie Radok have devoted their lives to making art – and writing about it
Carol Lefevre, University of Adelaide Women artists have always struggled to maintain an art practice as the primary focus of…
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Never move around a flaming dessert’: a scientist explains the chemistry of a Christmas pudding
Nathan Kilah, University of Tasmania Christmas means different things to different people. For me, it’s an opportunity to eat celebratory…
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Aristotle’s Politics has wisdoms and warnings for our age of tech utopias and inequality
Matthew Sharpe, Australian Catholic University If Plato was the first Western political philosopher, Aristotle was the first political scientist in…
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Some words affect us more than others. It boils down to how they sound
Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen, The University of Melbourne Effective communication lies at the heart of human connection. It helps us collaborate…
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Why is time going so fast and how do I slow it down?
Hinze Hogendoorn, Queensland University of Technology How is it December already? What happened to 2025? And how did we suddenly…
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What is Hanukkah and how is it celebrated?
David Slucki, Monash University; Idan Dershowitz, Monash University, and Yaffa Bart, Monash University Last night, two gunmen fired on a…
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We think of mushrooms as food. But mycelium-based blocks could be the future of construction
Kumar Biswajit Debnath, University of Technology Sydney When mushrooms make the news, it’s often for grim reasons – a mysterious…
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